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Show Unusual Amount of Closet Space I Available in Cozy-Appearing Home vf;rk-v '" - l '"'-"Yn'MTITfTrnl 1 Dining i; Rec-Hau ii Living to r 13-013-0 ji I3'-O"xl5-0" I I ISH-M $ B Flower Box I Flower Bojt. First Flcfor Plan. r-fi J-j r a I "f' IL -"xT Second Floor Plan. - By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer Questions and give ADVICE FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining- to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experirnee as editor, author and manufacturer, man-ufacturer, be is, without doubt, the highest authority on the subject. Address Ad-dress all Inquiries to William A. Radford, Rad-ford, No. 1S27 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply. It would be difficult to find sites for home building where the houses would hnve better natural settings than those on American farms. Beauty of setting set-ting has much to do with the beauty ot the home. Where there may be a wide expanse of lawn, a number of trees and plantings of flowers and shrubs, there the new home will be the most pleasing to the eye and the most satisfactory to the owner. With these natural advantages a farm owner may easily have a home that vill be the envy of many city house owners. All that is necessary to hi'lng about this most desirable condition condi-tion Is to select a home building design de-sign that fits Into the surroundings that will make a background or setting f"r it. There are many home build-hig build-hig designs of a great variety anil among them prospective home builders will l'.nd one that co as near being Ideal as It is possible to get. ( Few homes will have a more universal uni-versal appeal to those who are seeking seek-ing a design for a new house than the one shown at the top of the page. Here is a design that is out of the ordinary. It appears to be a small home, but, as the floor plans show, it contains six good room's, conveniently arranged and all of good size. Add to this important feature the beauty of the exterior and you have a pretty near ideal home building design. The recessed terrace that leads to the front door, the gables and the quaint dcA-mer window; the bay at the find where is located the dining room, the balanced windows at the front in both the dining and living rooms and the weathered shingles that are used on the outside walls all of these fine features make the home one of which the owner may well he proud. The interior arrangement of the home suggests1 the floor plans of the colonial house. The entrance door leads into a wide reception hall, out of which run the stairs to the second door. On the right, connected with the reception hall by a cased opening is the living room, 13 feet wide and 15 'eet deep. On the other side of the hall, also connected with it by a cased opening, is the dining room, also 13 by 15 feet. Thus the hall, the living room and the dining room all open into each other in such a way as to provide one long expanse of room. The kitchen, of course, is back of the dining din-ing room, while on the opposite side of the house at the rear corner is a bedroom, 12 feet 9 inches br 12 feet. Upstairs are two bedrooms, each in a gable, and the bathroom. A study of the floor plans will show the completeness of the home, there being a washroom and lavatory on the first door and plenty of closet space upstairs. |